Slaking V 77/78 · Pokémon GO

Slaking is Pokédex #289, generation 3 (Hoenn). Slaking V is a Basic V Colorless Pokémon with 230 HP.

Slaking V sits at 77/78 in Pokémon GO, position 77 of 88. Before it is 76 Dragonite V, and after it is 78 Professor's Research. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on July 1, 2022. The printed size is 78. This checklist is longer, at 88 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Kinda Lazy is listed as Ability. If you have exactly 2, 4, or 6 Prize cards remaining, this Pokémon can't attack. The attack Heavy Impact lists 260 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is F.

Slaking (#289) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Slaking 12/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card is named Slaking, while this one is Slaking V. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 230 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Saki Hayashiro illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Slaking list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Saki Hayashiro. I count 40 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Pokémon GO set binder is where a full Pokémon GO set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Slaking can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.